Staten Island Advance/Hilton FloresA memorial with a Teddy Bear is set up near 302 Nicholas Ave.

Yesterday, detectives found a charred note stuck
to a butane lighter. The hand-written note was found not far from the bodies of 32-year-old Leisa Jones and her daughters, 7-year-old Melonie and 10-year-old Brittney and police officials said they are trying to find out who wrote it.

The Medical Examiner determined the girls died of their neck wounds while tests about how the mother died were inconclusive. Another son, 2-year-old Jermaine Sinclaire, who was found near the front door, died of smoke inhalation, the ME’s office said.

"C.J. is not capable of anything like that," Sinclair said after visiting his son's body in a morgue. "C.J. didn't do that. I think someone else was in the room."
The boy "was getting in trouble in school -- fighting in school, kids teasing him," he added.

Toxicology tests for Ms. Jones and C.J. can take weeks to complete, ME spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said. Police said they will look at writing samples from the family members.

An NYPD spokeswoman said no information about that was available today.